Archives - 26 September 2017, Tuesday

"This Franco-German merger of equals sends a strong signal in many ways. We put the European idea to work and together with our friends at Alstom, we are creating a new European champion in the rail industry for the long term. This will give our customers around the world a more innov...

Without question, millimeter-wave frequencies are a focal point in the RF/microwave industry today. Millimeter-wave technology is certainly not new, as these higher frequencies have been utilized in select applications for a long time. However, millimeter-wave technology is now being ...

Originally developed for use in aviation, Siemens aeroderivative gas turbines are flexible, compact, and lightweight designs that are ideally suited for power generation and mechanical drives in the oil and gas industry. Their high efficiency and fast start capabilities mean that our ...

Madison, WI hackerspace Sector67 is in a period of transition as they move from their current rented location to a new property that will be their permanent home a half mile away. Last Wednesday (September 20, 2017) an unfortunate propane explosion in the new building led to the injur...

The five year old firm is called Efinix and is also being backed by Hong Kong X Technology Fund (HKX), and Samsung Electronics’ investment arm in a $9.5m funding round. Efinix has developed a programmable chip-level platform, it calls Quantum, which it says can deliver a significant p...

Recyclable used raw materials must be reprocessed before being reused. The right mix of new and recycled materials is key to cost-effective plastics production, because, for example, a plastic produced from the wrong mix might not have sufficient load-bearing capacity. The exact mixin...

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[Joonas] became frustrated with cheap but crappy MIDI to USB converters, and the better commercial ones were beyond his budget. He used a Teensy LC to build one for himself and it did the job quite well. But he needed several converters, and using the Teensy LC was going to cost him a...

Most people who want to simulate logic ICs will use Verilog, VHDL, or System Verilog. Not [hsoft]. He wanted to use Python, and wrote a simple Python framework for doing just that. You can find the code on GitHub , and there is an ASCII video that won’t embed here at Hackaday, but whi...

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There are just so many things to enjoy while reading through [Joe]’s project logs on his hackaday.io page , which he’s entered into the Hackaday Prize. He starts out with researching how others have solved this problem. Then he takes us through his first attempts and experiments. For ...

When we think of relays, we tend to think of those big mechanical things that make a satisfying ‘click’ when activated. As nice as they are for relay-based computers , there are times when you don’t want to deal with noise or the unreliability of moving parts. This is where solid-stat...

Last month, IEEE Spectrum ran a special report focusing on the question “Can We Copy the Brain ?” The report offered a thorough examination of all the ongoing efforts in duplicating the human brain both in terms of hardware and software. Among the areas covered was neuromorphic chips ...

Researchers have developed a novel way to 3D print the type of high-performance polymer materials that can withstand high temperatures for use in aerospace and numerous other applications. A team from Virginia Tech has successfully 3D printed Kapton—an aromatic polymer composed of car...

Researchers at the Delft University of Technology wanted to use FPGAs at cryogenic temperatures down around 4 degrees Kelvin. They knew from previous research that many FPGAs that use submicron fabrication technology actually work pretty well at those temperatures. It is the other com...

Andreas’s video was interesting in its own right and quite relevant to me, as I am still very much inexperienced in DIY-electronics and I am still learning things, and recently I decided that I want to design and build my own, low-power, LiPo-powered device from scratch. The video rem...

This chess robot is quite nice. It has been a while since I failed to make my own. And it brings back some good memories. There are a few things to note about this chess computer. The current implementation is quite hacky, using a breadboard with buttons won’t last. The use of 64 reed...

Xilinx has joined the Linaro IoT and Embedded (LITE) Segment Group. LITE members work collaboratively in Linaro on reducing fragmentation in operating systems, middleware and cloud connectivity solutions, and delivering open source device reference platforms to enable faster time to m...

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Download this article in PDF format. Developments in smart-home electronics and home automation are driving new generations of human-machine interfaces. Handheld universal remotes are extending their capabilities at the same time that remote-control functionality is finding its way in...